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Steamdb lacks an API for one, and the devs officially have a policy that they'll never make one, saying you should just scrape Steam directly instead of bugging
by noirscape 2y ago
Steamdb lacks an API for one, and the devs officially have a policy that they'll never make one, saying you should just scrape Steam directly instead of bugging them about it[0].
It means that steamdb, while extraordinarily useful for casual prodding at what's stored on Valve's servers, isn't very good if you want to run data analysis or something like that on the metadata of Steam games at scale.
Not sure if it's legal to charge for the raw scrape when OP doesn't seem to be affiliated with Valve, but that's not up to me to figure out.
[0]: https://steamdb.info/faq/ https://steamdb.info/faq/
- joseda-hg 2y agoThat seems pretty reasonable, it's their data, they just make useful visualizations
- seanw444 2y agoThis whole time I was under the impression that SteamDB was owned by Valve. Huh.
- mistergoodwin 2y agoAll run by one person who doesn't even take donations for the service they provide. They joined here on an Ask HN about "Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34548908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34548908